Edward J. Lee, P.C.

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, notable representations include the following:

Aerospace & Defense / Aviation

• United Technologies in connection with the following:
  
  • $140 billion all-stock merger of equals of its Aerospace businesses with Raytheon Company, creating Raytheon Technologies
  • $30.3 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins
  • $18.4 billion acquisition of Goodrich Corporation
  • $9 billion sale of Sikorsky Aircraft to Lockheed Martin
• BAE Systems in its $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Corp.’s defense and commercial space unit, Ball Aerospace
• BBAM LP, as manager and servicer of Fly Leasing Limited, in FLY’s $2.36 billion sale to Carlyle Aviation Partners
• Raytheon Technologies in connection with the following:
  
  • $1.925 billion divestiture of the Collins Aerospace military GPS business to BAE Systems
  • sale of its electro-optical solutions business to AMERGINT, a Blackstone portfolio company
• Atlas Crest Investment Corp in its $1.7 billion combination with Archer Aviation
• KKR in its $1.6 billion acquisition of CIRCOR International
• Goodrich Corporation in connection with the following:
  
  • sale of its electric power systems business to Safran S.A.
  • sale of its pump & engine control systems business to the Triumph Group
• Southwest Airlines in resolving Elliott Management’s threatened special meeting proxy contest seeking to replace its CEO and a majority of the board

Consumer & Retail

• Kimberly-Clark in connection with the following:
  
  • $48.7 billion acquisition of Kenvue
  • strategic partnership with Suzano at $3.4 billion enterprise value
• Walgreens Boots Alliance in its $23.7 billion sale to Sycamore Partners
• Affiliates of BC Partners in connection with certain merger and other transactions restructuring their ownership interests in Chewy, Inc.
• Tim Hortons Inc. in its $12.2 billion sale to Burger King Worldwide, Inc.
• Michael Kors Holdings Limited in its €1.83 billion acquisition of Gianni Versace S.p.A.
• Schottenstein Stores Corp., the controlling shareholder of Retail Ventures Inc., in Retail Ventures’ $914 million merger with DSW Inc.
• Potbelly in its $566 million sale to RaceTrac
• BC Partners in the sale of a minority stake in PetSmart to Apollo
• Colgate-Palmolive Company in connection with the following:
  
  • acquisition of the EltaMD skin care brand
  • acquisition of the PCA Skin brand
• Mondelēz International in its acquisition of Tate’s Bake Shop

Healthcare

• Celgene Corporation in its $98 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Novartis AG in its acquisition of a majority stake in Alcon from Nestlé, and of Alcon’s public minority shares, in a transaction valued at $49.7 billion
• Walgreens in connection with the following:
  
  • $27 billion two-staged acquisition of Alliance Boots GmbH
  • reorganization to create Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
  • establishing a long-term partnership with AmerisourceBergen, including a 10-year distribution agreement, a global joint procurement agreement, and the right of Walgreens to acquire an equity interest in AmerisourceBergen through open market purchases and warrants
• Thermo Fisher Scientific in connection with the following:
  
  • $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation
  • $2.1 billion acquisition of Dionex
• KKR in its strategic partnership agreement with Henry Schein, including its strategic investment and agreements regarding the composition of the board and collaboration on range of value creation initiatives
• Crown Laboratories in its $924 million acquisition of Revance Therapeutics
• Crown Laboratories in its amended merger agreement with Revance Therapeutics
• Azenta in its cooperation agreement with Politan Capital Management

Industrials

• United Technologies in its simultaneous spin-offs of Otis Worldwide and Carrier Global
• Frutarom Industries Ltd. in its $7.1 billion sale to International Flavors & Fragrances
• Hyundai Motor Group in its agreement with Aptiv to acquire a majority interest in Motional, the companies’ $4 billion autonomous driving joint venture
• Prysmian Group in its $3 billion acquisition of General Cable
• Carvana Co. in its $2.2 billion acquisition of ADESA’s U.S. physical auction business from KAR Global
• The Wertheimer family and IMC International Metalworking Companies B.V. in Berkshire Hathaway’s $2.05 billion purchase from the Wertheimer family of the 20% stake in IMC it did not already own
• Faiveley Transport in its €1.7 billion sale to Wabtec Corp.
• Footprint, Inc. in its $1.6 billion business combination with Gores Holdings VIII, Inc.
• Carrier in the $1 billion sale of its Taylor Company business to The Middleby Corporation
• FMC Corporation in the acquisition of a significant portion of DuPont’s crop protection business and simultaneous sale to DuPont of FMC’s Health and Nutrition business
• SK Inc. in a number of matters, including in the recent initial public offering of SK Growth Opportunities Corp. and other transactions
• JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. on the sale of its Towanda operations to Woodgrain Inc.
• WeRide in its strategic partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc.

Insurance / Financial Services

• Berkeley Research Group in its majority equity investment from TowerBrook Capital Partners
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of State Auto Financial Corporation in the $2.3 billion sale of State Auto Financial to Liberty Mutual
• Pacific Capital Bancorp in its $1.5 billion acquisition by UnionBanCal Corporation/The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
• Metromile Inc. in its $500 million acquisition by Lemonade, the first combination of publicly traded “Insurtechs”
• SCBT Financial Corporation in connection with the following:
  
  • $300 million merger with First Financial Holdings
  • merger with Peoples Bancorporation, Inc.
• Banc of California in connection with the following:
  
  • acquisition of Beach Business Bank
  • acquisition of The Private Bank of California
• Carvana Co. in its exclusive partnership and strategic equity investment in Root, Inc.
• Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of The Mutual Fund Store
• Warburg Pincus and The Carlyle Group in their acquisition of DBRS Holdings Limited

Real Estate, Engineering & Energy

• Regency Centers in its $15.6 billion merger with Equity One
• Samsung C&T in its $8 billion merger with Cheil Industries
• Riverstone in its $5.2 billion acquisition of Talen Energy
• Goldman Sachs, Highstar Capital, The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings in connection with their investments in Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Kinder Morgan’s $3.2 billion initial public offering
• Doosan Corporation in its acquisition of the assets of ClearEdge Power in a Section 363 bankruptcy sale

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

• OpenAI in its acquisition of TBPN
• Uber Technologies in its acquisition of SpotHero
• Warner Bros. Discovery in connection with the following:
  
  • separation into two publicly traded companies
  • implementation of its new corporate structure
• TIM S.p.A. (Telecom Italia) in responding to KKR & Co. L.P.’s €33 billion takeover proposal 
• Gen Digital (f/k/a NortonLifeLock) in connection with the following:
  • ~$25 billion combination with Avast
  • acquisition of MoneyLion for $1 billion plus CVRs
• Controlling stockholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) in $21+ billion merger of WWE and UFC to form a global live sports and entertainment company
• Salesforce in connection with the following:
  
  • $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software
  • $6.5 billion acquisition of MuleSoft
• Harman International Industries in connection with the following:
  
  • $8.8 billion acquisition by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • acquisition of Roon, a founder-led music management, discovery and streaming platform for audiophiles
• Inmarsat in its $7.3 billion acquisition by Viasat, Inc.
• Verizon Communications in connection with the following:
  
  • $5+ billion sale of Verizon Media to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management 
  • $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo!
  • $4 billion joint venture with BT Group to create a new company focused on multi-national connectivity
• Greenoaks in a number of transactions, including as Coupang, Inc.’s investment partner in connection with Coupang’s acquisition of the business and assets of Farfetch Holdings
• Windsurf in connection with strategic licensing transaction
• Publicis Groupe S.A. in connection with the following:
  
  • $35 billion agreed merger of equals with Omnicom
  • $4.4 billion acquisition of Alliance Data Systems’ Epsilon business
  • $3.7 billion acquisition of Sapient Corporation
• Turn/River Capital in its:
  • $4.4 billion acquisition of SolarWinds
  • $570 million acquisition of Tufin
• Expedia Group in connection with the following:
  
  • $4 billion all-stock acquisition of Liberty Expedia Holdings
  • $1.2 billion private placement of preferred stock and warrants to investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Silver Lake
• Twilio Inc. in its strategic partnership with and up to $750 million investment in Syniverse Corporation and Syniverse’s related $2.85 billion merger with M3-Brigade
• Francisco Partners in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Sumo Logic
• Genius Sports Limited in connection with the following:
  
  • $1.5 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II 
  • $1.2 billion acquisition of Legend, a provider of a digital sports and gaming media network
  • strategic partnership with the National Football League
  • pending acquisition of Sports Innovation Lab
• Naver Corporation in connection with the following:
  
  • $1.2 billion acquisition of Poshmark, Inc.
  • $600 million acquisition of Wattpad
  • acquisition by its subsidiaries, LINE Digital Frontier Corporation and WEBTOON Entertainment, of eBOOK Initiative Japan Co., Ltd. 
• WEBTOON Entertainment in connection with the following:
  
  • $315 million initial public offering, at a $2.7 billion valuation
  • strategic partnership on new digital platform with The Walt Disney Company and concurrent minority investment by Disney
• Bally’s Corporation in its $187 million strategic investment in The Star
• KRAFTON, Inc. in its acquisition of Unknown Worlds
• Partnership Fund for New York City in its investment in Radical AI